France has attacked a rebel hideout in Gao, north Mali’s largest city, intensifying a security lockdown against guerrilla attacks.
The UN has been considering sending peacekeepers to Mali following a proposal that said French forces killed hundreds of extremist Islamist rebels.
After having killed "several hundred" militants in fighting to reclaim north Mali, France says it will begin withdrawing its troops in the country.
In August 2012, a handful of heroes conspired to save Timbuktu’s prized manuscripts. The ingenious plan involved empty rice sacks, a boat and Bamako.
Thirty French warplanes on Sunday blasted Islamic extremist training and centres and logistics centres in northeast Mali.
French President Francois Hollande has arrived in Mali on a one-day visit to support French troops fighting in the Sahel nation.
Proposals to allow gay couples to marry and adopt children has gone before France’s parliament, after months of debate that has split the country.
For African leaders who criticised French intervention in Cote d’Ivoire and Libya not too long ago, France’s advance in Mali must seem a nightmare.
Air raids continue "day and night" in the battle with insurgents in Mali, but France’s president has dismissed suggestions of colonialism.
Extremist forces based in northern Mali have vowed to avenge France’s fierce military offensive against them on French soil.
Unpopular in the polls and accused of dithering on the economy, France’s Francois Hollande is in decisive mode when it comes to the situation in Mali.
Francois Hollande refused to ‘repent’ for France’s colonial past in Algeria, saying instead that he wanted to boost trade with the oil-rich country.
Tough talk around ArcelorMittal’s French plans has shone a spotlight on its local pricing structure.
French President Francois Hollande’s approval rating declined for the sixth month in a row in November, according to a new poll.
World leaders have been quick to congratulate US President Barack Obama on his re-election, and used the opportunity to punt their interests.
Whatever the PR, things are not looking sunny for Franois Hollande. Opinion polls show that normal is not enough.
French President Francois Hollande has acknowledged his country’s culpability in rounding up thousands of Jews to be sent to Nazi death camps.
Despite hopes to keep his private and public lives separate, French President Hollande’s image is facing attack following a family twitter feud.
Franois Hollande, Europe’s chief critic of one-size-fits-all austerity measures, is facing the headache of inescapable belt-tightening at home.
President Francois Hollande must find up to 100-billion if the eurozone’s second biggest economy, France, is to meet deficit-reduction targets.
Francois Hollande’s party has won an absolute majority in Parliament, giving him a free hand to implement a socialist solution to France’s woes.
With a single tweet, France’s first lady has managed to take a swipe at her husband’s ex and throw a spanner in the works of his Socialist party.
France voted on Sunday in the first round of an election tipped to give the left control of Parliament.
TS Eliot said that April was the cruellest month, but for Europe’s leaders, it may prove to be June.
Francois Hollande has replaced France’s top three security officials after he criticised them for being too close to his predecessor.
France’s President Francois Hollande has marked his Brussels debut by challenging Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel over the eurozone bailout.
France’s new president has unveiled a government featuring an equal number of women and men, with figures who reflect the country’s ethnic diversity.
Europe is braced for an election bonanza this that will determine the politics of the increasingly contested campaign to save the single currency.
Socialist leader Francois Hollande has been sworn in at a solemn ceremony overshadowed by the catastrophic debt crisis threatening the eurozone.
The European executive has responded to electoral earthquakes in France and Greece by calling for a shift towards growth across the European Union.
Observers say Francois Hollande should pursue more equitable relations with Africa than Nicolas Sarkozy, who at times showed obvious arrogance.
Beyond French election results, central bank speeches in the US, production figures in Europe and key releases in SA, it will be an interesting week.